Egg-scoop.



No. 772,182. PATENTED OCT. 11, 1904. J. SGRIMGEOUR, JR. & J. OBERDORFER.

EGG SCOOP.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 26. 1904.

NO MODEL INVENTORJ UNITED STATES Patented October 11, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

PENNSYLVANIA.

EGG-SCOOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 772,182, dated October11, 1904.

Application filed March 26, 1904. Serial No. 200,129. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that we, J OHN SORIMGEOUR, J r., and JOHN OBERDORFER, bothcitizens of the United States, and residents of Pittston, in the countyof Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and ImprovedEgg- Scoop, of which the following is a full, clear,

and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in scoops for transferring eggsfrom a crate to an egg-tester and from the tester back to the crate, theobject being to provide a scoop of simple and inexpensive constructionand by means of which the eggs may be readily removed in layers from acrate without danger of breaking the eggs. i

We will describe an egg-scoop embodying our invention and then pointoutthe novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all. the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an eggcrate, showinga scoop embodyingour invention as partly inserted. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the scoop.Fig. 3 is a plan view thereof, and Fig. 4 is a section on the line as wof Fig. 3.

The scoop, which consists of any suitable metalsuch, for instance, asaluminium or iron comprises a plurality of spaced prongs 1, which arearranged between outer prongs 2, and the several prongs extend from acrossbar 3, provided with a handle 4 and having an upright flange 5 tolimit the inward movement of the scoop. The prongs 1 are rounded on theupper side from edge to edge, so that they will pass with very littlefriction between the eggs and engage with the same at the sides of thelarge ends, as clearly indicated in Fig. 4. The outer prongs 2, however,are only halfrounded on the upper side.that is, they are rounded fromthe outer edge to the inner edge-the outer edges being flat, so as toengage with the vertical walls of the crate.

1n the operation the scoop is to be slid underneath the layer of eggswhile in the crate and then the eggs are to be drawn out with the scoopand also with the cardboard partitions- As the tines engage with theeggs laterally of their vertical axes, the eggs will be prevented fromtilting laterally. It will be noted that the under sides of the severaltines are perfectly flat, so that they will slide readily upon thehorizontal partitions between layers of eggs.

Having thus described our invention, ,we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. .An eg -scoop comprising a plurality ofspaced tines transversely rounded on their upper surfaces and fiat ontheir under sides.

2. An egg-scoop comprising a plurality of spaced tines rounded on theirupper surfaces from edge to edge, the outer tines having flat outeredges and rounded from said edges to the inner edges, a cross-bar fromwhich the several tines extend, and a handle on the crossbar.

3. An egg-scoop comprisinga plurality of spaced tines rounded on theirupper surfaces from edge to edge and flat on their under surfaces, across-bar from which the tin es extend, a handle attached to thecross-bar, and an upwardly-extended flange on the cross-bar.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN SGRIMGEOUR, JR. JOHN OBERDORFER.

Witnesses:

PATK. O. SAMMoN, A.J. BARBER.

